1992 · Expanded edition · Nihon Falcom · Real-time strategy · Role-playing

Lord Monarch

Expanded edition

The Super Famicom version of Lord Monarch additional themes in addition to the medieval Europe theme. There is a futuristic theme with robots, a fast food theme with French fries and soft drinks attacking health food, a Three Kingdoms era theme, and a fairy-tale theme. The game is automatically paused until someone presses the Start button, so there is unlimited time for making alliances in the Super Famicom version—until the start button is pressed.

Released: 9 October 1992
Platforms: FM Towns SNES Satellaview Sega Genesis
Genres: Real-time strategy Role-playing Strategy
Developers: Nihon Falcom
Publishers: St. GIGA Epoch Nihon Falcom Nintendo
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Fantasy Science fiction Historical Warfare
Languages: Japanese

About

Lord Monarch (ロードモナーク, Rōdo Monāku) is a real-time strategy war game by Nihon Falcom. The game is considered to be part of the Dragon Slayer series. It was originally released in 1991 for the NEC PC-9801, ported 1992 to the Super Famicom and 1994 to the Mega Drive. In 1997, it was remade for Windows as Lord Monarch Online and released for free in both Japanese, and for the first time, English.

›Story

You are prince Alfred, the son of the great king of Monarch. Since you have been a rather fresh and lazy boy, the king decides to strengthen you by sending you to battle. You are now sixteen, and you must prove you are worthy of being the prince of Monarch!

Keywords

anime
medieval
digital distribution
nintendo power
snes mouse support
satellaview view-limited games
satellaview demo/trial release
satellaview week-based broadcast

Media

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Gameplay

The Super Famicom version is similar to the Sega Mega Drive version, except there are more themes in addition to the medieval Europe theme. There is a futuristic theme with robots, a fast food theme with French fries and soft drinks attacking health food, a Three Kingdoms era theme, and a fairy-tale theme. The game is automatically paused until someone presses the Start button, so there is unlimited time for making alliances in the Super Famicom version—until the start button is pressed. This mode gives the player the advantage unlike the Sega Mega Drive version because the player may take time to choose a strategically advantageous ally.

The Super Famicom version of Lord Monarch was one of the few games to support the Super Famicom mouse.